OSHA is proposing $57,000 in penalties against Triangle Grading and Paving Inc. for safety violations that exposed its employees to cave-in hazards working at a trench in Fort Bragg, N.C.
OSHA has cited a Quincy, Mass., contractor for 15 alleged serious violations of safety standards following the collapse of a ladder jack scaffold at a Boston, Mass., worksite that injured four of its workers.
OSHA is proposing to revise its Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting (recordkeeping) regulation by restoring a column on the OSHA Form 300 to better identify work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), according to an agency press release.
In the aftermath of the earthquake that destroyed the island nation of Haiti, American workers are digging deep, despite the current economic climate, to provide monetary assistance for relief efforts, according to a recent press release. While offering charitable support is providing some emotional comfort, many workers are experiencing psychological stress in response to the suffering and are seeking ways to cope.
As the occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) profession continues to grow as do the number of students pursuing this career, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Columbus-based Central Ohio Chapter announced that they have organized and chartered an ASSE Ohio University (OU) Student Section, according to a recent press release.
The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) has expressed support for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) announcement prohibiting texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses, according to a NSWMA press release.
Blogger Dr. Celeste Monforton of the popular public health blog “The Pump Handle” questions if OSHA should be spending $128 million in compliance assistance programs at a time when the Obama adminstration is clamping down on federal agency spending. She zeroes in the the Voluntary Protection Program, questioning the wisdom of spending millions in free OSHA on-call expert services for elite, EHS resource-rich OSHA-designated VPP sites such as Pfizer, GE, Lockheed, Northrup, Grumman, Entergy, Shell Oil and Delta.
OSHA recently updated its guidance document Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments that addresses issues causing late-night retail workers to be killed on the job
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